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Another Robert Fisk classic....

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Post by Who2 » Mon Nov 04, 2013 3:46 pm

Robert Fisk: Do those who flaunt the poppy on their lapels know that they mock the war dead?

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/com ... 57416.html
He went to the really posh boy's school Sutton Valence down the road, whist I attended Hill Place..

"The Salvation of Mankind lies in making everything the responsibility of All"
Sophocles.

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